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A Dr. Jeanne Morrison, PhD , Family Medicine, answered. You can manage a closed fracture on a daily basis by elevation of the extremity, ice in the early stage (be careful not to burn the skin - keep a layer of padding between the ice bag and the skin), and rest. Good nutrition and adequate hydration is also important.
However, these seemingly easy to treat fractures often. present problems of patient compliance, malunion, delayed/ nonunion needing intervention. Fixation of these. fractures can be done by compression plating or by closed. IM nailing. One option for fixation of these fractures is.